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Pedestrian killed on Highway 101 in Orcutt

Written on 16 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A pickup truck struck and killed a person who was walking on Highway 101 in Orcutt early Friday morning. Shortly before 1 a.m., a man was walking on Highway 101 south of Clark Avenue when he was... (Continue reading)

Paul Flores’ sex life revealed, numerous rapes alleged

Written on 15 Jul, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 15 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County judge Wednesday refused to allow prosecutors to add two Los Angeles rape charges to the case against Paul Flores, charged in the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart. Judge Craig van Rooyen said... (Continue reading)

Garbage truck drags pedestrian several blocks in Morro Bay

Written on 15 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A large commercial trash truck hit and killed a pedestrian in Morro Bay on Thursday. Shortly after noon, a commercial garbage truck crashed into a man who was crossing Morro Bay Boulevard at Bernardo Avenue. The man’s body came to... (Continue reading)

Police nab arsonist who torched RV in San Luis Obispo

Written on 15 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a man who allegedly set a recreational vehicle trailer on fire Sunday morning, in which individuals may have been living. Shortly before 8 a.m., callers reported the RV burning in the... (Continue reading)

Deputies arrest San Luis Obispo man on weapon and drug charges

Written on 15 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 27-year-old San Luis Obispo man on Tuesday afternoon who allegedly brought firearms, heroin and methamphetamine to the Chumash Casino Resort, and then fell asleep in a parking garage. Shortly before... (Continue reading)

Police identify Grover Beach man killed in crash

Written on 14 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Officers identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash with an SUV on Monday afternoon as Brian Robert Brewer, 26, of Grover Beach. Shortly before 3 p.m., Brewer collided with the SUV at the intersection of Fourth Street... (Continue reading)

The one-percenters are headed to Cayucos

Written on 14 Jul, 2021 in Discovered, Featured | 18 comments

Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin.  Franklin’s memoir, “Life On The Mississippi, 1969,” is currently... (Continue reading)

Spike in shootings in Lompoc, 42 in 2021

Written on 14 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A little more than halfway through the year, there have been 42 shooting in Lompoc this year. [KSBY] The latest shooting occurred shortly after 10 p.m. on Tuesday in the 500 block of O Street. Officers arrived... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County IWMA to consider appointing Paavo Ogren

Written on 14 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE Amid plans for San Luis Obispo County to exit the Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA), the waste management agency’s board of directors will consider hiring Paavo Ogren as interim executive director on Wednesday afternoon. If appointed, Ogren... (Continue reading)

SLO County supervisors argue over clerk recorder appointment

Written on 14 Jul, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE The majority of the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to allow applicants to apply for the county clerk-recorder’s position — to the dismay of the board minority. Supervisors Bruce Gibson and Dawn... (Continue reading)